Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding behavior in humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 14153-14156

  Walum, Hasse ^a   Westberg, Lars ^b   Henningsson, Susanne ^b   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^c   Reiss, David ^d   Igl, Wilmar ^a   Ganiban, Jody M ^e   Spotts, Erica L ^f   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Neuropeptide; Polymorphism; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONOGAMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

5' FLANKING REGION; ALLELES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; TWINS;

MURIDAE;

EID: 52949113426     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803081105     Document Type: Article

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